Palauan Language Online: Palauan-English Dictionary

teluidel a chural

, expr.

have a forked tongue; say one thing on one occasion and something else the next.

chur

, n.

tongue.

chur

a

ngar

er

a

chelsel

a

ngor

el

omeob

a

tekoi;

chural

a

chad.

churak

n.poss.1s

churam

n.poss.2s

chural

n.poss.3s

churemam

n.poss.1pe

churad

n.poss.1pi

churemiu

n.poss.2p

churerir

n.poss.3p

medal a chur

tongue tip.

obult a chural

expr.

change one's mind.

teleuidel a chural

expr.

have a forked tongue; say one thing on one occasion and something else the next.

teluo a chural

expr.

stick to what one has said; remain fixed in one's opinion; stubborn.

uchul a chur

expr.

back or root of tongue.

Examples:

sechelim

chural

nguis

(el

beritengetang

chural).

> Your friend speaks with a forked tongue.

kmal

tuobed

cherik.

> That really makes me want to laugh.

chermiu

uchul

lengeliu.

> You'll all be sorry for laughing.

diak

lobult

churak.

> I'm not changing my mind./I'm sticking to my decision.

Proverbs:

nguis

beritengetang

chural

(or

Britengetang).

> Like the green tree snake with a forked tongue (or simply, "Forked").

One who reverses himself, has two tongues, or whose tongue is forked like a snake.

Teluo

chural

> One tongue.

A "straight talker"; one who sticks to what he says without reversing himself.

metang

, v.s.

(road) forked.

metang

a

metengal;

metengal

a

rael;

metang

el

kerrekar

a

ngar

er

ngii

a

metengal.

beritengetang

v.s.redup.

forked or branched in many places; (tree) having many branches.

beritengetang

a

betok

a

metengal;

beritngetang

el

kerrekar.

kautang

v.recip.

crossing each other to form an X.

melengetang

v.s.redup.

wandering around; having no fixed abode.

melengetang

a

merael

a

delengchokl;

mengesuch

a

blai.

beritengetang a chural

expr.

have a forked tongue; say one thing on one occasion and something else the next.

See also:

METENGAL

Examples:

sechelim

chural

nguis

(el

beritengetang

chural).

> Your friend speaks with a forked tongue.

Proverbs:

nguis

beritengetang

chural

(or

Britengetang).

> Like the green tree snake with a forked tongue (or simply, "Forked").

One who reverses himself, has two tongues, or whose tongue is forked like a snake.

mengang

beritengetang

kukau.

> Like eating a forked taro corm.

Taro (Colocasia esculenta) generally grows like a single fat carrot. Some corms, however, develop one or more points or forks. The image conveyed by this idiom is that of a man beset by many tasks, trying to decide among them.

nguis

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kind of green snake.

nguis

a

charm

el

ko

er

a

bersoech

e

cheriich

me

a

mellemau

a

bedengel.

A

nguis

a

charm;

ng

di

ua

a

teletelel

a

bersoech.

Ng

oumellemau

a

bedengel

e

chedelekelek

a

chural.

Ng

di

ua

a

teletelel

a

bersoech

a

lorael.

Ng

diak

el

kall.